Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

New to collecting lava lamps, what should I be paying?

Hi everyone, I'm new to collecting Mathmos lava lamps and I'm clueless about how much I should pay. I don't want to get carried away so, I would like an idea of price if that's possible. UK prices please, as I wouldn't want to buy them outside of the UK because of shipping them etc. I've already had a leakage from within the UK.

There are certain lamps that I would like, here goes.

I'm looking for a copper Astro the big one from the 1970's with red wax and orange water, or orange and orange (if I remember correctly) How much should I be looking to pay roughly please?

I'm also looking for the Astro baby glitterballs (with the glitter bits in the wax) I have the green one and I would like all the colours. Roughly how much should I pay for each one?

One thing, I'm shocked at some of the prices that Mathmos/Crestworth lamps bring. I was watching a metallic Astro the big one on ebay UK and it went for a bomb, best part of a £100 with the postage added.

I have a three in one Astro and I'm wanting the coloured bulbs for it and I cannot get them anywhere. Mathmos say they don't sell them anymore as they were discontinued.

Thanks for reading and thanks for your help :) Happy Goo.......ing


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Hi, Thanks very much for your info, it's very helpful :)

I've got a silver glitterball, bought it back when they came out. Although, why it's called glitterball I don't know, it looks like liquid silver metal and does not have any glitter in it. I am on the look out for another one, hubby is getting touchy over what I'm spending on them though lol. I've tried to tell him that they seem to cost a fair bit! I'm a correct in naming the lamps? Are the glitterballs the ones with wax with bits of glitter in them? When you say blue and green glitterballs, do you mean like the silver one, or the ones with bits of glitter in them? Sorry for all the questions I'm still learning about goo.

I've just purchased an out of this world (well I think it is) Green glitterball......................hubby really loves that one. Although he did remark that he thinks I've now got enough with six lamps :( I didn't think I would win the auction but I did :) Seems nobody was looking for glitterballs that day!

I would have totally loved the green metallic large Astro that was on ebay a few days ago, went for well out of my price range though. I'd been watching it since it was listed, shot through the roof at the last minute as they do!
Thanks, I understand now :)

I have a green glitterball then, and a silver glitterball.

If you search completed listings you should find the lamp I've just purchased. Sorry, I don't know how to get a link for a completed listing.

I'm really pleased with it, it's my favourite lamp.

Please let me know what you think if you manage to find it.

I would really love the metallics as well along with a lunar, I've no chance lol.
I never thought about the item no: 220606339528

A lunar for £20!! WOW. I thought I got a bargain with my Astro 3 in 1 which was on gumtree for £5.
I cannot get over a luna for £20 or an opal fluidium for £20 either! Not many lamps go up for sale on our local gumtree. Do the opal fluidiums have opal coloured lava as well?


I thought the glitterball was a good buy too, glad a bought it :)
Pearl lava sounds beautiful, I will have to add one of those to my wish list as well.

Just seen this on ebay: 280513364032 Well, well, well out of my price range. Thought I'd test hubby by telling him the price, he just gave out a squick and a chocking noise, no chance that he would let me buy it lol.

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